Lander Willem

3.2k total citations
73 papers, 1.7k citations indexed

About

Lander Willem is a scholar working on Epidemiology, Modeling and Simulation and Infectious Diseases. According to data from OpenAlex, Lander Willem has authored 73 papers receiving a total of 1.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 35 papers in Epidemiology, 30 papers in Modeling and Simulation and 22 papers in Infectious Diseases. Recurrent topics in Lander Willem's work include COVID-19 epidemiological studies (30 papers), Influenza Virus Research Studies (23 papers) and Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy (17 papers). Lander Willem is often cited by papers focused on COVID-19 epidemiological studies (30 papers), Influenza Virus Research Studies (23 papers) and Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy (17 papers). Lander Willem collaborates with scholars based in Belgium, Australia and United Kingdom. Lander Willem's co-authors include Philippe Beutels, Frederik Verelst, Niel Hens, Joke Bilcke, Pietro Coletti, Kim Van Kerckhove, Roselinde Kessels, James Wambua, Mark Jit and Christel Faes and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Lander Willem

69 papers receiving 1.6k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Lander Willem Belgium 24 800 654 376 291 211 73 1.7k
Laura Matrajt United States 15 940 1.2× 590 0.9× 590 1.6× 326 1.1× 152 0.7× 30 1.5k
Eunha Shim South Korea 27 1.0k 1.3× 486 0.7× 732 1.9× 357 1.2× 261 1.2× 63 2.0k
Su‐Vui Lo Hong Kong 16 1.1k 1.3× 834 1.3× 700 1.9× 136 0.5× 216 1.0× 24 2.1k
Affan Shoukat Canada 16 885 1.1× 336 0.5× 832 2.2× 282 1.0× 302 1.4× 31 1.8k
Ethan Romero-Severson United States 18 624 0.8× 376 0.6× 964 2.6× 198 0.7× 219 1.0× 48 1.9k
Abhishek Pandey United States 22 1.1k 1.4× 396 0.6× 1.0k 2.8× 206 0.7× 322 1.5× 62 2.3k
Xiangjun Du China 14 803 1.0× 563 0.9× 405 1.1× 106 0.4× 294 1.4× 54 1.6k
Marco Massari Italy 21 1.5k 1.9× 1.6k 2.4× 823 2.2× 385 1.3× 306 1.5× 43 3.2k
Ruian Ke United States 21 815 1.0× 393 0.6× 1.2k 3.1× 196 0.7× 218 1.0× 55 2.3k
Ashleigh R. Tuite Canada 29 1.3k 1.7× 990 1.5× 1.2k 3.1× 277 1.0× 253 1.2× 124 3.3k

Countries citing papers authored by Lander Willem

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Fields of papers citing papers by Lander Willem

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Lander Willem

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Verbeeck, Johan, Daniel R. Morales, Catherine Cohet, et al.. (2025). Utilising the Benefit Risk Assessment of Vaccines (BRAVE) toolkit to evaluate the benefits and risks of Vaxzevria in the EU: a population-based study. The Lancet Digital Health. 7(5). 100861–100861. 1 indexed citations
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Manansala, Regina, Joke Bilcke, Lander Willem, Niel Hens, & Philippe Beutels. (2025). Optimizing influenza vaccine allocation by age using cost-effectiveness analysis: A comparison of 6720 vaccination program scenarios in children and adults in Belgium. Epidemics. 51. 100826–100826.
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Wens, Inez, Veronica Popescu, Guy Laureys, et al.. (2025). Recent Advances in Interventions Targeting Remyelination and a Systematic Review of Remyelinating Effects of Approved Disease‐Modifying Treatments for Multiple Sclerosis. European Journal of Neurology. 32(11). e70397–e70397.
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Graeve, Diana De, et al.. (2024). The need for a broad perspective when assessing value-for-money for out-of-hours primary care. Primary Health Care Research & Development. 25. e37–e37. 1 indexed citations
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Reymond, Mathieu, Conor F. Hayes, Lander Willem, et al.. (2024). Exploring the Pareto front of multi-objective COVID-19 mitigation policies using reinforcement learning. Expert Systems with Applications. 249. 123686–123686. 4 indexed citations
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Molenberghs, Geert, Johan Verbeeck, Lander Willem, et al.. (2024). Evaluating the direct effect of vaccination and non-pharmaceutical interventions during the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 4(1). 178–178. 1 indexed citations
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Willem, Lander, Steven Abrams, Pietro Coletti, et al.. (2024). The impact of quality-adjusted life years on evaluating COVID-19 mitigation strategies: lessons from age-specific vaccination roll-out and variants of concern in Belgium (2020-2022). BMC Public Health. 24(1). 1171–1171. 3 indexed citations
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Torneri, Andrea, Lander Willem, Vittoria Colizza, et al.. (2022). Controlling SARS-CoV-2 in schools using repetitive testing strategies. eLife. 11. 7 indexed citations
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Abrams, Steven, James Wambua, Eva Santermans, et al.. (2021). Modelling the early phase of the Belgian COVID-19 epidemic using a stochastic compartmental model and studying its implied future trajectories. Epidemics. 35. 100449–100449. 50 indexed citations
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Verelst, Frederik, Roselinde Kessels, Lander Willem, & Philippe Beutels. (2021). No Such Thing as a Free-Rider? Understanding Drivers of Childhood and Adult Vaccination through a Multicountry Discrete Choice Experiment. Vaccines. 9(3). 264–264. 11 indexed citations
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Verelst, Frederik, Sarah Vercruysse, Amy Gimma, et al.. (2021). SOCRATES-CoMix: a platform for timely and open-source contact mixing data during and in between COVID-19 surges and interventions in over 20 European countries. BMC Medicine. 19(1). 254–254. 43 indexed citations
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Willem, Lander, Elise Kuylen, Pieter Libin, & Niel Hens. (2021). STRIDE v1.1.0 (household bubbles). Document Server@UHasselt (UHasselt). 1 indexed citations
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Libin, Pieter, Lander Willem, Timothy Verstraeten, et al.. (2021). Assessing the feasibility and effectiveness of household-pooled universal testing to control COVID-19 epidemics. PLoS Computational Biology. 17(3). e1008688–e1008688. 23 indexed citations
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Verelst, Frederik, Roselinde Kessels, Wim Delva, Philippe Beutels, & Lander Willem. (2019). Drivers of vaccine decision-making in South Africa: A discrete choice experiment. Vaccine. 37(15). 2079–2089. 31 indexed citations
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Verelst, Frederik, Lander Willem, Roselinde Kessels, & Philippe Beutels. (2018). Individual decisions to vaccinate one's child or oneself: A discrete choice experiment rejecting free-riding motives. Social Science & Medicine. 207. 106–116. 47 indexed citations
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Hanquet, Germaine, Lander Willem, Heidi Theeten, et al.. (2016). Use of pneumococcal vaccines in the elderly: an economic evaluation. 2 indexed citations
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Verelst, Frederik, Lander Willem, & Philippe Beutels. (2016). Behavioural change models for infectious disease transmission: a systematic review (2010–2015). Journal of The Royal Society Interface. 13(125). 20160820–20160820. 249 indexed citations
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Hanquet, Germaine, Lander Willem, Heidi Theeten, et al.. (2016). Quelle vaccination contre le pneumocoque chez les personnes âgées ?. 1 indexed citations
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Beutels, Philippe, Yannick Vandendijck, Lander Willem, et al.. (2013). Seasonal influenza vaccination: prioritizing children or other target groups?. 1 indexed citations
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Beutels, Philippe, Yannick Vandendijck, Lander Willem, et al.. (2013). Seasonal influenza vaccination: prioritizing children or other target groups?. 4 indexed citations

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